River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-07-21
VISIONS n NEWS.

500.
A $4,000 school-house will surely
be built in Sheboygan before a YEAR
passes.
Rev. ?. 5. Bennett. of Depere. for
merly presiding elder of the Milwaukee
district, is gathering material for a
history of Methodism in Wisconsin.
Two prize tea-sellers, named J. F.
Harrington and Charles Dornstrik.
suddenly DISAPPEARED from Stevens
Poin1 leaving numerous unpaid bills.
The wool-clip sold by Peter Tubbs.
of Seymour. Outagamie county, was
from his flock of PA blooded Merino
sheep. All but 3S4 pounds was washed
wool-bringing 81 cents the unwashed
29 cents. Each sheep Melted Mr.. Tubbs
S2.S74. and sheared over "a pounds.
Six pounds are considered very large
average.
Rats have so undermined the porch
of the court house at La Crosse that it
may give way aud cause the large col
umns To fall. The earth in the neigh
borhOOd of the court house and Jail is
said to be completely honey-comed
with roadways made by the rodents.
The Superior Lumber company is ex-
tending its main dock into Ashland bay
a distance of 200 feet. Their lumber
piles are growing rapidly, and they ex-
pect to make heavy shipments by vessel
10 eastern markets this season.
a Marinette business man vas feeced
out of two days sales by a confidence
man who, under a pretense of purchas-
ing the store, had installed himself be-
hind the counter Ito acguaint himself
with the customers.
Green Lake county IS obliged TO
make a loan of nearly $4,000 TO liqui-
date current expenses during the re
mainder Of the fiscal year.
Mrs. Clara Allen, a pioneer resident
of Racine county. died at Ives Grove.
at the age of -. Joseph Grant died
at the house of his son. at Racine. aged
So.
Two citizens Of Oshkosh were fined
for keeping unlicensed dogs. There
are 500 persons in that city liable to ar
rest on the same charge.
Napoleon Russell, lumberman well
known at Neillsville, was recently mar
ried to the daughter of an Indian queen
known as Tommie.
Horatio g. Gilmore, of Menomonie.
has received notice from the war depart
ment, informing him of his appoint
ment TO the vacant naval cadotship at
Annapolis.
The reunion of the survivors of the
Twenty-ninth regiment of Wisconsin
volunteer infantry viii be held at
Waterloo, Thursday. August Is.
DR.. Powell, ..White Beaver" has
returned to La Crosse from Il trip to
London, where he was a guest of Buff
falO Bill.
The liabilities of Mandel d Meyer.
of Marinette. are said to approximate
$27, 900. Of this amount about S11,-
600 is secured to holders of judgment
notes. which were given some time
ago to relatives of the two partners,
and it is feared that the balance of the
creditors will have slim picking, and
will probably receive not to exceed %
cents on the dollar.
A Mrs. Berglie, 76 years old. living
a Oshkosh. was found wandering IN
the fields near the city. She complain
ed of cruel treatment and said she had
not tasted food for seventy-two hours.
W. f. Smith, of Cumberland. while
digging in his garden last week. I'M
earthed copper spear or lance head
about five inches long, tempered as hard
as steel. 1t is fine piece of workman
ship.
Another new town has beer plated
in Ashland county. 1t is named Dog
wood. and is located at the crossing Of
the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western
and Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
railways.
Willie Illion, a child, living at Mer-
rillan, became lost in the woods while
picking berries and spent forty-eight
hours without food or water. He was
found by searching party.
An Oshkosh choir singer went TO
sleep during services Sunday evening
and refused to wake up until the pipe
organ prelude Jared him out of the
arms of Morpheus.
John Pfeifer. of Fort Howard, suf-
fered sunstroke Saturday and died.
Wisconsin patents have been granted
as follows: Joseph I. Bullock. Mil
waukee. operating mechanism for cord
holders of grain binders; AXel X.
Gustafson, Marinette, conductors trip
book; Warren i. johnson, Milwaukee.
automatic electric temperature regu-
lator; Oscar +. Knapp, Osceola
Mills. steam generator; Julius Lande,
La Crosse, hosting machine; w. b.
Lyle, Ripon, storm door; Asa X. Owen
Lake Geneva, slip holder; Asa X. Owen,
Lake Geneva. blocker and tablet.
Mrs. Mary f. Whitney, formerly of
Wisconsin committed suicide at San
Francisco Cal. on the 18th, at lodg-
ing house kept by Mrs. b. p Buxton.
No money was found in her room,
though she had shown an officer two
drafts. one for $500 on an Oshkosh
bank, and another for 800 on bank
in New London, Wis. She said she had
collected these through the Nevada
bank and placed the money in Mrs.
Buxton's hands for safe-keeping. The
latter denies having received the money.
Mrs Whitnev's husband was once an
affiuent stock-broker.
Mrs. VIM Wilcox, Of Omro, suicided
Monday morning 10y drowning herself
in the Fox river.
Last year the Ruder Brewing com
pany made 1850 barrels oil beer. This
year the number will reach over 5000
barrels This makes 500, 900 glasses,
which at five cents per glass, will cost
Merrillites $50. 900
Northern dealers say freight rates on
hemlock bark, Uader the new freight
tariff. are 50 high that ..long hauls'' of
this article Of commerce takes all the
profit out of it.
President Choate and Cashier Ladd of
the new First National bank at Merrill,
have signed bills to the value Of $40, 900.
The government is improving the
channel of the Mississippi along the
line of Grant county. About Sl5, 900
will be expended in damming the JAG
co slough and about the same amount
for similar work at Bunkc chute.
Bertha Damn. the j-year old daugh-
ter of William Damn, Of Darien, Wal